Institut für Gerechtigkeit und Rechenschaftspflicht in Uganda e.V.
An independent exile-based civil society organisation dedicated to rigorous documentation of human rights violations, strategic international advocacy, and the advancement of accountability for Uganda.
Institute for Justice and Accountability in Uganda
Institut für Gerechtigkeit und Rechenschaftspflicht in Uganda e.V.
The Institute for Justice and Accountability in Uganda e.V. (iJA) is an independent research, documentation, and international accountability institution established in Germany as a non-profit association under German law. Founded by lawyers, journalists, governance practitioners, researchers, and human rights defenders with extensive professional experience across Africa and Europe, the Institute was established in response to the widening accountability vacuum affecting many African states.
The Institute proceeds from the understanding that constitutional governance cannot survive where public institutions become subordinate to political power, and that states do not operate in legal isolation from international obligations. It therefore promotes respect for international law, accountability systems, and the complementary relationship between domestic legal systems and international legal frameworks.
Operating from Germany provides the Institute with institutional independence, operational security, and the ability to conduct long-term documentation and analytical work beyond the immediate reach of political interference, while remaining deeply connected to African realities and accountability concerns.
Mission: To conduct rigorous and independent research, documentation, and legal analysis concerning human rights violations, democratic erosion, and institutional failures; to strengthen public understanding of accountability mechanisms; and to support justice, constitutional governance, and democratic restoration through evidence-based engagement with regional and international institutions.
Free from governmental, partisan, commercial, or personal influence. We answer only to evidence and principle.
Every report, submission, and publication is held to the highest standards of factual accuracy and methodological integrity.
We hold ourselves to the same standards we demand of others — transparent governance, regular reporting, and open processes.
Rooted in the Ugandan experience, working in solidarity with all those who bear the cost of impunity and the absence of justice.
The Institute pursues its mandate through rigorous research, human rights documentation, legal analysis, and sustained engagement with international accountability mechanisms.
Systematic recording of human rights violations, democratic backsliding, restrictions on civic space, torture, enforced disappearances, electoral violence, corruption, and attacks on judicial independence.
Strategic engagement with UN mechanisms, Treaty Bodies, Special Rapporteurs, the African Commission, African Court, and ICC processes to advance accountability for Uganda.
Policy briefs, legal memoranda, shadow reports, and evidence dossiers prepared to the highest standards of constitutional and international law scholarship.
Educational materials and public engagement initiatives on constitutional governance, international human rights law, accountability systems, and democratic institutions.
Monitoring and reporting on international sanctions compliance, asset tracing, grand corruption, and the effectiveness of international accountability architecture.
Factually grounded, institutionally credible publications that advance accountability, inform public debate, and support the long-term preservation of institutional memory.
iJA publishes legal analyses, press statements, advocacy submissions, and breach reports — grounded in evidence, open to scrutiny, built to last. Share any publication directly to social media.
A comprehensive constitutional and international law analysis of Uganda's Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 — examining its incompatibility with the ICCPR, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and Uganda's own 1995 Constitution across seven independently sufficient grounds. Addressed to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, and the African Commission.
iJA condemns the Protection of Sovereignty Act as a systematic threat to the freedoms of every Ugandan — silencing civil society, criminalising dissent, threatening diaspora remittances, and concentrating unchecked power in the Executive. Includes specific demands addressed to the Government of Uganda, the African Commission, the United Nations, and international donor partners.
iJA writes to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office raising urgent questions about enforcement of UK sanctions against Speaker Anita Among (GAC0047), following Daily Monitor reports of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan (approx. £730,000) airlifted by UK-registered Albeity Limited. The letter directs four specific enforcement questions to the FCDO, OFSI, and OTSI.
iJA files a formal voluntary breach report with the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), alleging that Albeity Limited (Companies House 11469377) made economic resources available to sanctioned Speaker Anita Among in violation of Regulation 11 of the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021. Full legal analysis and supporting evidence attached.
iJA files a parallel voluntary breach report with the UK Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), alleging that Albeity Limited exported a Rolls-Royce Cullinan from England to Uganda for the benefit of a person designated under UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions — assessed under the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024.
Elected at the founding meeting of 18 April 2026. Lawyers, journalists, governance practitioners, and human rights defenders — each bringing deep professional expertise to the mission of accountability for Uganda.
Lawyer, public interest litigant, novelist, playwright, researcher, and internationally recognised literary figure. Founding Director of iJA. His work sits at the intersection of law, literature, governance, and institutional accountability, with sustained focus on public international law, constitutional governance, democratic accountability, and freedom of expression. An internationally acclaimed author whose writings have received major global awards for literary courage and democratic advocacy.
Veteran journalist, communications practitioner, diaspora institution-builder, and public relations consultant with decades of experience spanning Uganda, Germany, and the former Soviet Union. One of the initiators behind Uganda Community Berlin e.V. (founded 1991), where he later served as Secretary General. Fluent in German, English, and Russian.
Lawyer, governance practitioner, women's rights advocate, sports administrator, and institutional development specialist. Former Gender Advisor at Mercy Corps International Uganda. Previously served with FIDA Uganda, Refugee Law Project, and MEMPROW Uganda. Head of Marketing & Communications, Onduparaka FC. Chairperson, Disciplinary Committee, West Nile Regional Football Association.
Ugandan human rights defender living in exile in Germany. For over a decade he has actively advocated for freedom of expression, civic rights, and human rights accountability. His lived experience within and outside Uganda provides direct insight into the realities faced by activists, dissidents, and displaced persons under politically restrictive environments. Oversees financial governance, budgeting, and compliance under German law.
Advocate of the High Court of Uganda practising at Arinaitwe Peter & Co. Advocates, a Kampala-based social justice and human rights law firm. His practice spans constitutional litigation, public interest law, digital rights, data protection, fintech regulation, and AI governance. Active voice in the African internet governance ecosystem.
Historian, journalist, political analyst, and communications practitioner. Covered multiple presidential elections at Radio One FM 90 and served in the Uganda Parliamentary Press Corps. Reported extensively on political protests, corruption, state violence, electoral processes, and governance failures. Collaborator with journalists' associations on media freedom and press rights.
Uganda's Parliament introduced the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026 — the first major test of iJA's purpose and mandate, addressed within weeks of the Institute's establishment.
Five founding members convened electronically. The Satzung was unanimously adopted, formally establishing iJA as an e.V. under the German Civil Code (BGB §§ 21–79).
The full Board was constituted. Resolutions adopted on Vereinsregister registration, Vereinskonto, and Board authorisation — all unanimously.
iJA published its first legal analysis on the Protection of Sovereignty Act and a public press statement addressed to the Government of Uganda, the African Commission, and UN Special Rapporteurs.
iJA filed formal breach reports with OFSI and OTSI, and a letter to the FCDO, regarding Speaker Anita Among and Albeity Limited — within three weeks of the Institute's founding.
Documents circulated for notarisation and submission to the Amtsgericht. Next Board meeting: 18 May 2026, 12:00 CET, Google Meet.
iJA welcomes grant funding from foundations, governmental bodies, and institutional donors committed to human rights, rule of law, and democratic accountability in Africa.
Your contribution directly funds independent research, documentation of human rights violations, and advocacy work that depends entirely on financial support.
Donations to registered German charitable associations may be tax-deductible. A Zuwendungsbestätigung will be issued upon registration completion.
Donate to iJAEingetragener Verein (e.V.) — a registered association under German civil law, governed by the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB §§ 21–79).
Pursuing exclusively and directly charitable purposes within the meaning of the Abgabenordnung (AO §§ 51–68), with particular focus on human rights and the rule of law.
Application for entry in the Vereinsregister at the competent Amtsgericht is in progress following the founding meeting of 18 April 2026.
We welcome enquiries from civil society partners, researchers, journalists, international bodies, funders, and individuals concerned with justice and accountability in Uganda and across Africa.